A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past by Lewis Hyde

A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past

Lewis Hyde

384 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology science self help reflective slow-paced
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“One of our true superstars of nonfiction” (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde, author of The Gift and Trickster Makes This World, offers a playful and inspiring defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyc...

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